title: From bench to bar: careers in patent law for molecular biologists.
abstract: Leaving science to pursue a career in patent law requires a considerable investment of time and energy, and possibly money, with no guarantee of finding a job or of returning to science should the decision prove infelicitous. Yet the large number of former scientists now practicing patent law shows that it can be done. I provide suggestions for investigating the potential opportunities, costs, risks, and rewards of this career path.
authors.affiliation: Intellectual Property & Litigation Group, Amgen Inc., Seattle, WA 98119, USA. nmachin@amgen.com
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Machin
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000193:education; D010330:Patents as Topic